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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Business, Logistics

DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Celebrates Bicentennial Birthday

DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, is celebrating its 200th birthday this year and is looking back at its founding, shortly after the Battle of Waterloo.

October 22, 2015
Business

More Trouble for Caterpillar as Sales Fall Most in Five Years

For Caterpillar Inc., the commodities rout has yet to hit bottom.

Sonja Elmquist | Bloomberg News
October 22, 2015
Business

Daimler AG Truck Unit’s Third-Quarter Earnings Set Record

Daimler AG reported third-quarter earnings before interest and taxes at its global truck division were the highest ever, climbing 34% to about $897 million compared with about $667 million in the year-earlier quarter.

October 22, 2015
Business

Jobless Claims Hover Near Lowest Level in Four Decades

Fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, giving workers more reason to feel secure in their jobs.

Shobhana Chandra | Bloomberg News
October 22, 2015
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Volume Rises 1% For Week

Weekly U.S. intermodal rail traffic rose 1% from the same period last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 21, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

Familiarity With Washington's Political Landscape an Asset for New ATA Chairman Pat Thomas

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Pat Thomas, senior vice president of state government affairs at UPS Inc. and the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, Big Brown’s gargantuan hub here epitomizes freight connectivity.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 21, 2015
Business

Singapore Post Acquires TradeGlobal, Expands e-Commerce Services

Singapore Post has agreed to acquire TradeGlobal Holdings, a company based in Cincinnati that provides e-commerce and logistics services, from the investment firm Bregal Sagemount for $168.6 million.

October 21, 2015
Business

European Regulators Won’t Block FedEx-TNT Linkup

FedEx Corp. and TNT Express N.V. announced that European regulators won’t object to the companies’ $4.9 billion acquisition plan, a decision that removes a barrier to their deal.

October 21, 2015
Business

Investment Firms Acquire Great Western Leasing and Sales

Two private equity investment firms, Headhaul Capital Partners and Argosy Investment Partners, have acquired Great Western Leasing and Sales Inc. and will work with the company’s management to grow the business.

October 21, 2015
Business

Rush Enterprises 3Q Income Down 15% on Energy Sector Woes

Rush Enterprises Inc., a multistate network of truck dealerships and related services, reported third-quarter net income fell 15% year-over year as sharp declines in the energy sector cut into sales of related Class 8 trucks and aftermarket services.

October 21, 2015